10篇文章帮你搞定4级词汇(6)An Ideal Position_大学英语单词

10篇文章帮你搞定4级词汇(6)An Ideal Position

　　Five years ago, would I have although that this was in the realm of possibility? I doubt that I would have. But here I am in China, in my second year of living in this amazingly progressive civilization, and I can honestly say that I have never once regretted my decision to teach in China. I must also admit that I have learned far more from my students than they have learned from me. I admire their thirst for knowledge and they seem to thrive on challengers. They never seem tempted to take a short cut, always working hard and giving a supreme effort. Their tolerance for there English teachers lack of familiarity with Chinese customs has been appreciated. They always are positive in their attitudes toward me and have helped me whenever they could. At times they have insisted on doing things for me that I was capable of doing myself. One student in particular always takes on the job of carrying my packages, saving that it is his pleasure to be my porter.

　　When I started to plan this adventure I had only a vague idea of what the country of China would be like. I could recognize their flag but was not even familiar with their national anthem. My comprehension of the customs of the country was very limited. I felt almost ashamed at how little I knew. I did not know if they used the metric or the imperial system of measurement. Would I buy fluids such as milk and soda in quarts or litres? Would I need to learn the Chinese word for gram or for inch? Indeed I had never heard the word jin before.